Flexible work
Alternative labels
Labour market flexibility
Flexible employment
Flexitime
Workplace flexibility
Flexible work arrangements
Report
Expanding economic opportunity: an international comparison of Australia’s labour market regulation
This report presents a comparison of Australia’s labour market entitlements with similar common law countries, and looks at how the labour market is perceived in ways that affect investment and growth.
Policy report
Skills at speed: why Canada’s public service should grow its interchange program to build skills and networks
This report argues that the Canadian public sector should expand its interchange program with the private sector in order to diversify its employees’ networks and skill sets and, in so doing, help the public service face employment challenges and disruptive technologies.
Report
Protecting flexibility in a dynamic economy: a critique of the Victorian government’s regulatory agenda
This paper examines current or proposed changes to the sharing economy, regulations hitting the labour hire industry, proposals to tackle ‘wage theft’, and the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws, in the context of the rapid growth of the Victorian public sector since 2014.
Report
The experiences of individuals in the gig economy
This research report contains the main findings of a qualitative research project based on 150 telephone and face-to-face interviews with individuals working in the gig economy. They were primarily asked about their motivations for undertaking this type of work, the nature of the work itself, and their experiences of using online platforms and finding and...
Journal article
Implications of work time flexibility for health promoting behaviours
This article reviews evidence regarding the influence of flexible work time on health behaviour and outcomes as relevant to Australia and New Zealand.